Leinster v Dragons Sat 3rd Dec at 19.35 pm

[arsebiscuits1]

Benty ruled out. Loughman in at 3

[Oldschool]

Wow. I didn't think I would cause so much discussion with an afterthought of a comment about Munster.

I have probably said this before. But people are entitled to support/not support whothefuckever they like.

Saying that no one should support Munster or that everyone should support ALL Irish teams are as wrong as each other. (Not saying that anyone said either)

I support all Irish teams when I choose to. Sometimes I sit down to watch a game and think I am supporting one team only to find that I am willing on the other.

Personally I am not a fan of negative support. The Anyone but United or Anyone but Munster syndrome. But hey. knock yourselves out if that's what rings your bell. It seems to ring the bell of many of my close friends and afaik none of them are axe murderers.

It's been my experience that people can be very sensitive about the issue of supporting/not supporting whothefuckever they like.

[Oldschool]

Any kind of a win here will set us nicely for Christmas.

[Oldschool]

MOC eat your heart out, this is the way to bring on young players and play good rugby as well.

[wixfjord]

5 lineouts lost in 30 minutes! That must be some sort of record!

We're not playing that well, but they are an awful team.

Conan would start at 6 for me next weekend. Serious form.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Dragons are a rabble


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[cormac]

We're playing with a lot of ambition but making too many mistakes at the moment. Lineout has been terrible.

[LeinsterLeader]

Two things:
1) it's colder here than I dressed for.
2) our line out is keeping them in the game. Should be out of sight

[Fan with smartphone]

Hard runners to the outside, the threat of Carberry cutting inside and also having to watch the inside trailing runners. It's an exciting attack.

[wixfjord]

Pretty good sign that Carbery is starting next week imo.

Daly & ROL have been v. good. ROL has a surprising amount of speed about him.

[cormac]

Any idea as to why Noel Reid went off?

[neiliog93]

Considering we don't have a line out, our scrum is wobbly and we've made a ton of silly handling errors, we're doing very well to be up 28-3. We've looked sharp going forward (minus the handling errors obviously). If it were our first string I'd fancy them to break our scoring record in the Pro 12, would probably be around 75-0.

[wixfjord]

Our maul is comically bad at times. Even the one we made ground with in first half.
Waaaay too high.

The difference between R. Byrne and Carbery is noticeable too.

[All Blacks nil]

Any idea as to why Noel Reid went off?

Seemed to be a foot injury. Was treated two or three minutes before he was replaced

[wixfjord]

Is there any chance we could get rid of Kirchner now? Or at least stop paying him?
Waste of a jersey, never mind a precious NIQ spot.

[cormac]

Is there any chance we could get rid of Kirchner now? Or at least stop paying him?
Waste of a jersey, never mind a precious NIQ spot.

he's been awful tonight

[carlow man]

He just looks a a sped up of version of rob kearney. Runs straight into opposite player. Also one of the thickest players to play for leinster for quite some time. To think we kept him and let kelleher leave is mind boggling. Dragons better team second half. Better sort line out out or it could be a long evening next Friday. Let's hope cronin hits his man as Tracy and Strauss are awful with their throwing.

[neiliog93]

Dreadful second half display against inept opposition, no other way to say it. Some strong individual performances (Conan, Leavy, Carberry, A.Byrne) but the standard really dropped, on everything from set-piece function to individual skills. Bonus point win, we'll take it.

[cormac]

That got very sloppy after a good opening 20 minutes. Still, five points in the bag.

[wixfjord]

Jaysus that was mixed.
We played 80 mins with a poor scrum, pretty much no lineout and some poor performances, and yet I'm disappointed with the final score!

Isa, ZK, Tracy were worryingly poor.

A. Byrne, Conan, Dooley, Carbery and Luke M the pick of the bunch for me.